Age, Biography, and Wiki
Ed Martin was born on March 19, 1970. He is known for his involvement in Missouri politics and his role as a lawyer. Martin has been active in the Republican Party and has held significant positions, including Chair of the Missouri Republican Party from 2013 to 2015. His career includes multiple political campaigns and administrative roles within state and national organizations.
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| Date of Birth | 19 March 1970 |
| Age | 55 Years |
| Birth Place | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
| Country | U.S |
Height, Weight & Measurements
There is no publicly available information regarding Ed Martin's height, weight, or body measurements.
In April 2025, an open letter criticizing Martin was signed by over 100 former prosecutors who had worked in the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, who claimed that Martin "has butchered the position, effectively destroying it as a vehicle by which to pursue justice and turning it into a political arm of the current administration." In Missouri, the editorial board of The Kansas City Star deplored Martin as "not fit" for the job.
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Dating & Relationship Status
Details about Ed Martin's personal relationship status are not publicly disclosed.
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| Husband | Carol Martin |
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Net Worth and Salary
Ed Martin's net worth is not explicitly reported, but he has drawn a significant salary from his roles. During his tenure as President of the Eagle Forum, he earned an annual salary of $225,000, with $150,000 coming from the Eagle Forum's 501(c)(4) and $75,000 from the 501(c)(3).
Career, Business, and Investments
Ed Martin has had a diverse career in politics and law. He has run for public office several times but has not won any elections. His most notable roles include serving as the Chair of the Missouri Republican Party and President of the Eagle Forum. In 2025, he was nominated by President Donald Trump for a federal prosecutor position in Washington, D.C., but faced opposition and subsequently had his nomination withdrawn.
As an attorney in private practice, Martin specialized in differing commercial and pro bono cases. Martin did legal work for the Institute for Justice, Human Action Network, Bryan Cave, LLP, Americans United for Life, Martin Simmonds, LLC, and formed his own law practice, Ed Martin Law Firm, LLC. In addition, Martin served as law clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit under the Pasco Bowman II.
In 2005 while working for Americans United for Life, Martin represented two Illinois pharmacists who sought relief from an administrative rule requiring Illinois pharmacists doing public business to dispense a certain contraceptive, levonorgestrel, also known as "Plan B" or the "morning after pill", under the state's health plan. They argued that such distribution violated their religious rights of conscience. Martin appeared on Lou Dobbs Tonight to discuss the case with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. The court sided with Martin and the plaintiffs, agreeing that the Administrative Rule violated the Rights of Conscience Act; it granted the plaintiffs a permanent injunction.
In 2006 while doing pro bono work for the Institute for Justice and the Human Action Network, Martin represented a small business owner who sold caskets and funeral supplies at discounted prices. In an effort to regulate abuses in the funeral business, the State of Missouri required vendors of caskets to have a funeral director's license. Martin and other attorneys argued that the government should not prevent the businessman from selling caskets at a discount and helping people avoid inflated costs of purchasing a casket from funeral homes. Eventually, the State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors sided with the small business owner.
In January 2008, Blunt surprised supporters by announcing he would not seek a second term. In February 2008 Governor Blunt appointed Martin as a member of the Missouri State Parks Advisory Board, a position he held until April 2011.
In 2015, Martin was appointed as President of the Eagle Forum, a conservative advocacy group founded by Phyllis Schlafly, though he was removed from the position in 2016. A lawsuit was subsequently filed by a majority of the Eagle Forum's board, including the youngest daughter of Phyllis Schlafy, Anne Schlafly Cori, to bar Martin from any association with the group. During the course of the lawsuit, Martin was found liable for defamation and false light against Cori.
In May 2025, Republican Senator Thom Tillis announced his opposition to confirming Martin to the position permanently, citing in particular Martin's involvement in Stop the Steal. This left Martin with too few votes to be reported positively out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. On May 8, 2025, Trump announced that he was withdrawing Martin's nomination. Later the same day, Trump named Jeanine Pirro as Martin's replacement.
Social Network
Ed Martin is active on social media platforms. He maintains a presence on Twitter and other platforms, where he engages with the public and shares updates about his political activities.
Prior to his appointment as interim attorney for the District of Columbia, Martin represented three January 6 defendants, including a member of the Proud Boys who pleaded guilty to felony charges. On January 6, he posted on social media from the Capitol area, describing the crowd as "rowdy" but "nothing out of hand". Before his appointment, Martin had been an active supporter of January 6 defendants as legal counsel. His foundation hosted a 2024 banquet at Trump's Bedminster golf club honoring Nazi sympahizer, Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, a convicted Capitol riot participant as an "extraordinary man". In April 2025, he apologized claiming he was not aware of the full extent of Hale-Cusanelli's views.
After a year-long battle to gain access, in November 2008, the Kansas City Star and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch analyzed and reported on 60,000 pages of emails obtained from the administration. They found that Martin had used his state office in 2007 improperly to encourage opposition to Attorney General Jay Nixon among anti-abortion groups, as the Democrat Nixon was likely to oppose Blunt in the next election. He had also pressured political appointees of state agencies to criticize Nixon's handling of some issues as AG. In addition, the newspapers reported that Martin had encouraged outside groups to oppose the nomination of Patricia Breckenridge to an open seat on the Missouri Supreme Court, although Blunt supported her. On May 22, 2009, the Missouri Attorney General's office announced that Eckersley's lawsuit against Blunt and others had been settled for $500,000.
ProPublica in 2025 reported that after the presiding judge John Barberis issued a ruling adverse to Martin, Martin in 2016 secretly influenced Schlafly's employee Priscilla Gray to write Facebook comments criticizing the presiding judge, John Barberis, on Baberis' Facebook page. According to ProPublica, despite Martin being a lead defendant, Martin emailed Gray to: "Call what [Barberis] did unfair and rigged over and over", "Go slow and steady", and "Make it organic", as he urged Gray to write: "That is not justice but a rigged system … Shame on you and this broken legal system.".
On January 5, 2013, Martin was elected chairman of the Missouri Republican Party, defeating incumbent chair David Cole and former Missouri State Senator Jane Cunningham. Noting that state Republican Party officials were often more conservative than most of their members, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorialized that Martin was an unfortunate choice for the GOP. They commented on his having cost the state "taxpayers about $2 million for an investigation spurred by his destruction of public records when he was chief of staff to Gov. Matt Blunt."
On February 24, 2025, Martin was criticized for referring to himself and fellow United States attorneys as "President Trumps' lawyers" in a post on X. In March 2025, he was criticized for telling the dean of Georgetown University’s law school, William Treanor, that he would not hire anyone who was "affiliated with a law school or university that continues to teach and utilize DEI."
Education
Ed Martin graduated from the College of the Holy Cross and later earned his law degree from Saint Louis University School of Law. He is also an alumnus of St. Peter's Preparatory School.
Ed Martin's career reflects his dedication to conservative politics and his involvement with influential organizations like the Eagle Forum. Despite challenges in his political career, he remains a figure in American political circles.
Following his graduation from St. Peter's Preparatory School, Martin graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he majored in English. While at Holy Cross he was awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to study water purification in Indonesia for a year and earned a diploma in Indonesian studies from the University of Washington during a study abroad his senior year. Leaving Indonesia, Martin next attended Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy, on a Rotary International scholarship, earning a Bachelor of Philosophy (B.Phil.).
While in Rome, Martin decided to attend law school and was accepted to Saint Louis University School of Law. While at law school, Martin attended a Thanksgiving dinner with Pope John Paul II in 1997. Martin received an invitation to the dinner because he served as the sole youth representative expert of the Synod of the Bishops on the Americas. He studied health-care ethics, obtaining a Juris Doctor degree and a master's.
